As you may have noticed, the rest of December kind of got away from me. Tis the season, right? I still wanted to share all the rest of my Dressember pictures though. This year ended up being pretty tough.. a few days before Christmas, almost all of us came down with a stomach bug and I didn’t wear the dress one of the days.. mostly because I could barely move.. and yet still had to feed and care for a toddler and a pre-schooler haha any extra energy I had went to that, and not into getting dressed and taking a photo 😉 But I wore it the rest of the time, and here are the last two weeks (plus) of The Dress.

And there you have it! Another Dressember wrapped! Though the dress has been put away (for a while), you can still donate until the end of January (my page is here!) and please think about participating next year <3

Soooo… these photos were not taken any time recently. They were taken when there were barely any leaves on the ground, and it was hardly cold. That coat is JUST FOR SHOW! It’s intense to think about that now, considering all the snow there is on the ground.. and how deeply I’ve gone into hibernation. I would definitely, on most days, prefer to not leave the house. There is so much snow and it’s so cold out. Eek!

But, as the title says, it’s been a minute. I’ve been all over the place on here, and I haven’t been even taking too many photos. Which was why these photos never got posted when I took them, also why there aren’t more recent photos to post. Oops!

Things have been exciting around here. We just celebrated my daughter’s birthday, I’ve been working hard on my little shop, and my husband has been working tons. Just not enough time in the day, y’know? But I love this space, and I hope to be writing more!! So please, stay with me! I’ll be back <3

Last week, I celebrated my 33rd birthday! On the actual day, I spent time with my bff and her daughter (the kids played together, mostly nicely haha) and had some amazing fried chicken from a local place for dinner with my family. I also got my free Starbucks birthday treat, which is very important to celebrating my birthday.

On Friday, a few of us went to sing karaoke! I did a Britney Spears themed party, where we all dressed up like our favourite rendition of our girl Britney. I decided to do my (thrift store) take on her circus outfit, Andrew went as K.Fed, and my friends picked their own faves. I don’t have any pictures of this, because we were ~~living in the moment 😉 😉 😉 But I’m telling you, it was awesome!

Karaoke has been a favourite of mine for years and years, and in fact I am pretty sure that I did karaoke for my 23rd birthday party, too. I’ve been going to the same bar for all that time, too, which other places mixed in here and there, but the Limelight is a favourite of ours. It’s changed a lot over the years and is really nice now!

We had a babysitter, and I had a designated driver, and I decided to have a few drinks! I don’t really drink that much any more.. a side effect of being pregnant twice, and having two little ones at home. I can’t really drink all that much all that often. So since we had the opportunity, I had a few more drinks than I normally would have. I was a little buzzed, but not drunk. Not by any stretch of the imagination. And wouldn’t you know? The next morning I woke up with a killer headache and felt like crap all day. It was incredibly unfair but #thisis33 😉

I never thought I would be a crop top kind of gal, but here we are! I’ve had this top in my drawer for a really long time before I braved it, and then I put it with this skirt and loved it, so I’ve worn it a bunch of times since then.

Life has been a little fast paced and exciting lately! I’ve participated in a couple of Farmer’s Markets this summer, and woah! That was a LOT of work haha. I don’t sell food, so I don’t think I did as well as the people who did sell food, but it was a good experience. I’ve learned that I don’t want to do farmer’s markets anymore. Both times I was in direct sunlight all day and came home with a sunburn and mild heat stroke. Oops! Oh well, live and learn 😉

Otherwise, I’ve been so busy dreaming up ideas for new projects and new things to offer in May Market! Our next sale is coming up on September 1 and 2, and I’m SO excited to share the things we’ll have in it! It’s all about fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and everything pumpkins! I am so in love with everything so far.

I’m so ready for (more) summer weather! I took these pictures a few weeks ago, right before we headed off to the spray pad with our friends to frolic in the cold water there because it was SO. HOT. out. The last week has been all rain, basically all the time. Sad.

Hi friends! I’ve been kind of MIA lately, but it’s been for such a great reason, I promise! I’ve been preparing for several farmers markets that I am participating in this summer and I’m SO excited about them! That, in addition to our monthly May Market, of course! 🙂 That will be this Friday/Saturday and it’s going to be awesome!! Check it out at the link above to join the group!

Otherwise, we’ve been doing a lot of hanging out. Going to spray pads, to the park, it’s been a great summer so far!

It’s funny. Slightly more than a year ago, when I had only one child, I would take my outfit pictures when she was napping. Now I have two, and so I barely take outfit pictures ever… but when I get a moment to do so, I have an adorable little one crashing the photos! I love it. She wanted to pose the same way I was, it was a lot of fun, and she is an adorable addition to my photos.

I want to talk about this dress for a moment. I love how classic 90’s it is. And I especially love the buttons up the back. Except… they come undone SO easy. How embarrassing is it when you have just walked across the room and sat down, only to receive a text from your husband that your dress isn’t done up? Pretty embarrassing!! But I love the dress so how to prevent wardrobe malfunctions? Shorts underneath! I have a lot of bike shorts and they’re perfect for something like this because you can’t tell I’m wearing them, and no one will see my underwear… even if the buttons aren’t holding up.

Autumn picked her own outfit today, too! She really wanted to wear a dress and was so excited when she saw this one. And it’s so cute, I couldn’t say no! Plus, you can’t go wrong with matching necklaces, right? 😉

where the heck did March go though? I feel like it just started yesterday. Boom! It’s basically April. We’ve been so busy around here, I haven’t had time to think, much less write anything. I’m trying to get back into the swing of things, but there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Between taking care of babies, and making bonnets, and … let’s be real .. relaxing, it goes by so quickly and then all of a sudden it’s midnight and I’m exhausted.

I am finding myself in a little bit of a slump, clothing wise. I feel like this is basically what I wear day in and day out. It works really well for me. It’s comfortable enough to sit on the floor in when I want to play with my kids, and it’s flexible enough to nurse in, or wear out. But it gets boring to wear the same thing all the time. I need more structured pants. I love my leggings (which ARE pants, btw), but sometimes I feel more put together if my pants also have a zipper. Anyone else feel this way?

Now that Dressember is over (well, the wearing the dress bit anyway.. you can still donate for another week! Check out my fundraising page here), I seem to have gone back to my old uniform of leggings and whatever top I happened to feel like wearing that day.

But that’s not what I wanted to talk about today.

I wanted to talk about how I took an hour or so to get my baby to bed, only to have my toddler wake him up by yelling into the hallway from under her door. It’s a fun thing she does where she lies down next to the door and looks under it, and yells/screams into the hallway. So, if I’m in bed or downstairs, it sounds like she is actually in the hallway. Her voice really carries and she gets pretty good volume this way. So then, baby is up, toddler is upset, and husband and I take turns going from child to child trying to get them back to sleep. Toddler goes back to sleep pretty nicely, fancy that. Baby doesn’t fully go to sleep until midnight.. so basically, all the things I had to do in the evening tonight (such as meal planning for the week, this blog post, etc) are getting done after midnight. Mommin’ aint’ easy 😉

On the flip side, I got some AMAZING cuddles, and I played a lot of Disney Emoji Pop during that time haha

The third week of Dressember was last week, and I must say, it’s getting harder to style this dress differently! You might notice that I am an outfit repeater in this post. Or, in the very least, I am an item repeater. I just know what I like I guess!

sweater: thrifted // socks: Forever 21
This day was a pretty rough day. I believe the night before, my children decided against sleeping. So it was a cozy day of rest.

sweater: thrifted // socks: American Apparel

This is one of my favourite sweaters. I am pretty sure that it is handmade, because it doesn’t have any tags or anything. I also love these socks. They go up pretty much all the way, and they are super thick and warm which is perfect for cold Winnipeg winters.

skirt: thrifted // socks: Forever 21

I got Aiden in on the fun this day! I did the classic skirt-over style. Makes it feel like I’m wearing something different, when really it’s the same dress 😉

sweater: thrifted // leggings: SweetLegs // necklace: gift

This was Christmas Eve Eve! I wore this to spend time with our friends, as per tradition <3

ugly Christmas sweater: gift // socks: American Apparel

Christmas eve! We did our Christmas eve at my aunt’s house, so that’s why it’s a different tree! Usually, everyone wears the “ugly” Christmas sweaters that my mom made. I didn’t actually wear this for that long there, though. It’s very interesting for little baby hands to grab and pull at the strings on it haha

sweater: thrifted // socks: American Apparel // scarf: gift
At the end of Christmas day! I was pretty tired 😉

On the way out to the retreat last weekend, we stopped at the Half Moon Drive In for dinner. It’s such a cute little retro restaurant that I had to take some pictures. We both got double bacon cheeseburgers (which, I thought that meant it was going to be double bacon.. it was double burgers haha) and milkshakes. It’s a super cute restaurant and a definite must see in Manitoba (in my opinion). Plus, it was just fun to go get something to eat at an interesting and unique restaurant. And, I had never been there before. It was great!